Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-07-07
ROTTEN TO THE CORE,
The Intolerance, Dishonesty and Decad-
ence of the Republican Party

The Intolerance, Dishonesty and Decad
ence of the Republican Party.
A political party, with honor ant
principle as its guides, appears at it
best in the moment of defeat. Re
verses only tend to purify it from tn
dross which accumulates around it aft
er long term of power and triumph
The leaders of such q party, instead o
being disheartened by non-success a
the polls, renew their efforts witt
greater energy to put their party il
better shape for the next contest, an,
their followers are inspired by a con
sciousness of the righteousness of thei
cause. Reform becomes their rallyine
cry, and they endeavor, in every way
to show that they are sincere in thei
professions of reform. In this manne
the Democratic party constantly in
creased its strength, won the admira
ton of even its opponents, and bore it
self with dignity and respect during
the long saturnalia of Republican rule
Thus it built itself up after each de
feat, and at length triumphed over
what were considered insuperablc OBJ
| stacles.
The people grew tired of the corrup
ton of the dominant party and its law.
| less methods to perpetuate its power,
and in 1854 they rose up in their might
and overthrow the corruptions and
their mighty edifice of fraud, deccp.
ton and tyrannical partisanship. They
turned towards the party which had
given such indubitable tokens Of its
sincerity to the cause of reforms and
| placed it in charge of their interests.
How that trust has been fulfilled the
history of the present Administration
for two years and quarter sufficiently
testifies. The Judgment of the people
has been amply sustained; corruption
has disappeared from the Federal Off
ces; economy has succeeded extrava-
gance. and honesty has been substi-
tuted for thieving; the growing power
of monopoly has been checked and
the rights of labor have been recog-
nized; the sunshine of business pros
perity is beamin@ over the land. and on
all sides is manifested Il feeling of con-
fidence and content.
The Republican party has been out
of power for two years and a quarter,
long enough to judge of its capability
to sustain adverses. How has it borne
adversely? Has it endeavored to purify
itself and win back the confidence of
the people by endeavoring to assimilate
itself to their interests? On the con-
trary, it has, strange to say, made
every effort to- ALLEVIATE still further the
minds Of the people from it. In this
State it has delivered itself into the
power of petty boss, who has not
even ability to back his pretensions.
1t has shown its contempt for the
constitution, its servility towards she
corporations, its hostility toward Union
veterans, knights of Labor, Changers
and the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers, its disregard for the canal
and commercial Interests of the State,
its blind, unreasoning partisanship,
and its advocacy of in,sefensible jobs
and schemes of plumber. 1t is no
longer the Republican party that Sew
ard, Conkling, Fenton and Arthur re-
garded wish pride; it has become the |
party of E1att, the party of the rag
ring. the party of the .'conabine" and
IF ''scram bling about the corridors"
Over in New Hampshire Che Repub-
lean party IL on the point osS changing
is name to that Of the parity of Chan
Her. The hero of the Tallapoesa, the
asst wrecker ct Uncle SANS navy, the
maker of worthless contracts. which
'sst the taNpager5 a pretty penny, has
'sen sent to the United States Senate
CO represent the Granite State. One
would suppose that the Republican
'asty had suffesed enough ila the past
rom the faint of Chamberlain, :saoei that
title experience would have taught ii
0 let slippery ':Bill'' alone tor the
utlIre. But experience seems n, have
eea lost on it,, il the confidence ex-
ressed by Senator Blair, that he- hopes
D have '.Bill'' Chandler as ii colleague,
e well founded. We may nexaexpect
D see "SecOr" Robson risinsyup in ]
lew Jersey an0 entrusted with the
ask of patching the badly shattered
.epsblican machine in that State.
mother appropriate resurrection in
omeany with Chandler and Eoleson ,
-ouIl be that of Xeifer in Ohio
Srts,h is the spirit shown by the Re-
ubaean party lib adversely. SMperi-
nee. has been lost upon it, or, Dather,
as made it, it possible, moro. Xntoi-
rant and corrupt 1t clings %, every |
loIsel of patronage with more. eager
ess- than it difa when the Nations [
offers were in ias custody and boldly c
reclaim it's intention, should dis peo- |
lie, ever give it the chance, which they
-hE not, to bcWcOtt Democrats with 9
loce virulence than it did before. and '
,slke up for its, exclusion from power '
y squeezing the taxpayers. Il coterie L
{ rich men control its action, and die c
ate its policy and it is as devoid of I
aSriotic aspirations and principles as a
then it was driven out of the offices it e
bused.
Is it any wonder, then, thas the tide a
Democracy is rising higher each I
ear and sweeping away, in, its resist
,ss power, Republican ssrongholds I
.hich were considered inspregnable? c
ven Rhode Island, ..iren-clad and b
Republican Rhode Island" 4
5 Governor Hill terraed it, has ..
assed out of Republican hands, in / Il
pite of the party advantage main IL
,ined by actually disfranehising every
citizen unless he is a free
older. Signs of the final breaking I'D L